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2 men use truck to steal convenience store ATM near Mount Pleasant

It's a bold burglary: Video shows them using a truck to pull a door off a convenience store and yank an ATM off its bolts, then carry it outside and drive off.

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Updated: 5:55 PM EDT Aug 16, 2013

2 men use truck to steal convenience store ATM near Mount Pleasant

It's a bold burglary: Video shows them using a truck to pull a door off a convenience store and yank an ATM off its bolts, then carry it outside and drive off.

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WEBVTT 3 CAUGHT ON CAMERA-- AN A-T-M STOLEN FROM A LOCAL GAS STATION!! NOW-- POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE TWO MEN INVOLVED!! OUR OWN ANDREW DELGRECO IS LIVE-- WITH NEW DETAILS TONIGHT. DREW-- DO POLICE HAVE ANY LEADS?? 3 3 VERY FEW LEADS RIGHT NOW, POLICE NEED THE PUBLIC'S HELP TONIGHT.THIS WAS A FAST ATM HEIST IN FAYETTE COUNTY.POLICE SAY THE TWO BURGLARS WERE IN AND OUT IN JUST THREE MINUTES. ALL OF IT CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. 3 9985 108 I cried, it was sad, I don't see how people can do that.Managers at the Mount Pleasant Speedy Meedy's on Three Mile Road shaken up after this:Two men pull up to the store in a black chevy pickup early Wednesday around 330 am.They attach chains from the truck... to the front door of the convenience store, and rip the door off.As the men make their way inside, they attach the chain around the ATM.As the ATM is ripped away from the bolts in the floor, it destroys everything in its path.9985 49 the counters were split in half, the registers were on the groundAfterward, the surveillance video shows the men loading the ATM in the back of the truck and driving away.The estimated damage is unknown, and the owners say the amount of money inside the ATM wasn't much.132 for what's in those atms it's not worth it, if they put more work into going to work or trying to go to work, instead of trying to do this you knowThe destructive burglars, who disguised themselves in long sleeves, masks and gloves, are still on the run tonight.9985 251 it makes you very angry, I wish I was here and they wouldn't have gotten loose, you know but we'll catch them 3 THE OWNERS SAY AS THE CRIMINALS DROVE AWAY, THERE WAS A PASSING VEHICLE BEHIND IT.THEY WONDER IF THAT MOTORIST OR ANYONE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION.IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL STATE POLICE IN UNIONTOWN. 3

2 men use truck to steal convenience store ATM near Mount Pleasant

It's a bold burglary: Video shows them using a truck to pull a door off a convenience store and yank an ATM off its bolts, then carry it outside and drive off.